David the Priestly King

By the time Israel becomes a nation, their priesthood is already totally corrupt. So the people ask for a king to lead them and God anoints David. In this video, we’ll explore David’s role as a priestly king and his failure to live up to this calling. The story of David ultimately points to the arrival of Jesus, the true royal priest who will bring the blessings of Eden and restore humans to their divine calling.

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My pastor was just teaching on the tabernacle of David and how God is restoring true worship and praise

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Peter and John prayed to The Father and talked about the son of God calling Jesus the Holy Servant of The Father who was anointed by the father . Acts 4: On hearing this, Peter and John raised their voices with one accord to God and said: 26 The kings of the earth took their stand and the rulers gathered together as one against JEHOVAH and against HIS ANOINTED ONE. 27 For truly both Herod and Pontius Pilate with men of the nations and with peoples of Israel were gathered together in this city against YOUR HOLY SERVANT JESUS, 'WHOM YOU ANOINTED', 30 while you stretch out your hand for healing and while signs and wonders occur THROUGH THE NAME OF YOUR HOLY SERVANT JESUS.

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[bibleproject]

As the ark is carried to Jerusalem, David steps into his priestly authority over Israel. He and all of the tribes of Israel come together in Yahweh’s presence in a re-creation of Eden, with David as Israel’s priest and king.

From the inauguration of the Levitical priesthood, we’ve been expecting a priest from another line. And God chooses David to step into the role of the priest king of Jerusalem, a leader like Melchizedek. And David’s high priestly role culminates in his desire to build a temple for God—a new Eden sanctuary where God’s presence can again dwell with his people.

In 1 Chronicles, the biblical authors describe David’s preparations for building the temple. And it might sound familiar. David’s temple plans include the same elements found within the temple-building narratives of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. David begins the preparations on a mountain (Mount Moriah), and he builds an altar to Yahweh, offering burnt offerings and calling out to his God (1 Chron. 21:26). David calls the place “the house of the Lord God” (1 Chron. 22:1) because it is the site of Israel’s future temple to be prepared by David and built by Solomon (1 Chron. 22; 2 Chron. 3:1).

The temple was to be a symbolic model pointing to the new Heaven and Earth that would be filled with God’s presence, where humanity could once again live as God’s priestly representatives. This is why the land of Israel is repeatedly called the “garden of Eden” (Isa. 51:3; Joel 2:3; Ezek 36:35) The temple also acted as a symbol of the task that God wanted Israel to carry out—the same task that Adam should have carried out but did not. Israel was to spread God’s presence throughout the whole world and bring blessing to all nations. The temple was a reminder for Israel to be a kingdom of priests, bearing God’s name to the nations.

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[Kevan]

Thank you for this reminder. Been feeling a lot of stress lately. 🙏